Compare the efforts of Narayana Guru and Jyotiba Phule. What similarit

Compare the efforts of Narayana Guru and Jyotiba Phule. What similarities and differences do you see between them?

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Similarities:

1. Both opposed the caste system.

2. Both established many schools.

3. Both opposed the supremacy of Brahmins.

Differences:

Narayana Guru	Jhotiba Phule
1. He was a religious leader.	1. He was a social reformist.
2. He set up temples where no caste discrimination would be practised and very simple rituals would be followed without Brahmin priests.	2. He campaigned for special schools, colleges and hostels for the children of ‘low’ castes where the teachers too would be from ‘low’ castes.
3. He actively criticized caste system and called for end to all forms of caste discriminations.	3. He called upon the low castes to conduct marriage and death ceremonies without the Brahmins.